My Mom (90 years old) is in contract to sell her home and my brother is demanding a large amount of money to move out or else he said he won't move. I (having financial POA) can not go to closing on my Mom's house until the house is empty. Basically my brother is blackmailing my Mom. I talked to different attorneys and they said because he never paid rent he is not considered a tenant but a license and it could take up to one year to get him out. It would be less stressful for me to give him the money he is demanding so the house can be sold. Thoughts?
He is holding residence hostage by adverse posession.
Did you consider reverse mtg?
DONT KNOW IF FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE POA might work with notification damages 3 x daily cost of care of mother. That would eat up.money he's asking for.
Sorry, like said. When give him money what guarantee he wouldd even go. He evidently has though and researched.
Yet he is holding house hostage.
Short of fumagating and disaster where plumbing not working no water health hazard so health dept condemns.
Maybe move the behaving badly caregivers in with him for housemates.
So, we prevailed in court but then, had to wait for the Sheriff's office to schedule the actual eviction. That could have taken months so we were very luckily that he finally moved on his own. Total time from first promised move out to actual move was 5-6 months.
Upon returning to the free house he had left vacant all this time, he started making veiled threats that the house was something that the housing authority would be interested in due to its unsafe, unhealthy condition. My response was to tell him to go ahead and make any calls he felt he needed to make. But, if the house was deemed uninhabitable, I would have no choice but to put him out and abandon or sell it. Then where would he be.
What kind of entitled p$%^k do you have to be to extort money from n 82 year old woman?
Hooe mom intends to forget about the house he moved back into.
would serve him notice he is responsible for maintaining the premesis.
Is he paying rent?
Is house she bought for him a gift?
Is he able to work?
Is he a procrastinating freeloader?
Once hes out.I wouldnt let him back in to clean.
Your mother nor you need financial stressors.
Glad he moved his own accord. Yea right ...